Wall-radiator bracket.



A. W. COCHRANE.

WALL RADIATOR BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED MMI. I4. i918.

1,300,81 7. Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

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WALL-RADIATOR BRACKET.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED W. CooHnANn, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Kewanee, county of Henry, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall-Radiator Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

The obj ect of the invention is to provide means in connectionV with the supporting bracket or brackets of a wall radiator to compensate for the expansion and contraction of the radiator when in use.

The invention consists generally in variousconstructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure I' is a front elevation of a'wall radiator havingl a supporting bracket ernbodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview-on the line 2-2 of Fig. l,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the bracket,

Fig. Y4 is a rear view of the lower portion of the bracket, showing the means for supporting the adjustable stirrup. Y

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, through the upper portion of the radiator, showing the adjustment of the top of the bracket,

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7-7 ofFig.4..-`

In the drawing, 2 represents a radiator of ordinary construction and jof any desired length. for use-in factories, shops or places where a large radiating surface is necessary to heat the room. It has been found where these long radiatorsfare used that the eX- pansion causes an appreciable lengthening` of the radiator suflicient to loosen the fastening means of the supporting brackets where they are rigidly secured to the wall and contraction when the radiator is cold would have a corresponding effect. The bracket 3 is preferably provided with a longitudinal strengthening web 4: on each side of which are screw holes 5 for securing the bracket to the wall and near the upper and lower ends I prefer to provide bolt holes 6 which may be utilized for receiving supporting bolts in buildings where it is not convenient or is impossible to secure the bracket by screws.

The upper end of the bracket is forwardly inclined at 7 and is provided with a iiattened web 8 which, when the bracket is in use, will be spaced from the supporting wall. AA plate 9 has a longitudinal slot 10 therein to receive the web 8 and slide thereon and said plate is provided with depending ears 11 having a slot 12 between them to receive the shank of a bolt 13 having a tightening nut 14. that is seated within a recess l5 provided in the inner face of the ears 1l. The head of the bolt is provided with a loosely mounted block 16 having beveled surfaces for contacting with the adjacent walls of the radiator sections and when the nut is tightened on the bolt these sections will be drawn firmly against the faces of the ears `11 and the radiator and the plate rigidly secured together. The plate, however, will be free to slide on the web 8 and adjust itself to the expansion and contraction of the radiator.

The lower end of the bracket has a recess 17 therein in its rear surface, the bottom of the recess being provided with a longitudinal slot'lS which extends through the front wall of the bracket. A stirrup 19 has a T- head 2O on its rear face adapted to fit into 'the slot 18 when the stirrup is held in a position at right angles to the slot but when the stirrup is dropped to a vertical position in front of the bracket, the head of the T will extend across the slot, as indicated in Fig. 4e, and prevent the withdrawal of the stirrup therefrom while permitting Ait to slide freely in a vertical direction or oscillate in a vertical plane.

The lower end of the stirrup has an outwardly projectingH part 2l on which the lower end of the radiator is seated and said stirrup is, held in` its supporting position preferably by means of a block 22 that is .slidable vertically in the slot 18 and held :against accidental displacement by suitable means, such as a cotter pin 23, and moved vertically by an adjusting screw 24 that is tapped into the lower end of the bracket and projects upwardly into the recess therein. .By this means the bracket may be adjusted to support the radiator at the desired elevation and adapt the bracket for different .heights of radiators, and when expansion or contraction takes place in the radiator, the stirrup will swing on its T-head and adjust itself to compensate for such expansion and contraction and thereby both ends of the bracket will be so connected with the radiator that there will be no danger of breakage or loosening of the supports under eX- tremes of expansion or contraction.

The bracket may be made in different sizes, according to the length and weight of the radiator to be supported. The bracket may be rigidly secured to the wall and the vertical adjustment of the radiator obtained by raising or lowering the stirrup at the lower end, the plate secured to the upper end of the radiator sliding freely on the web in a vertical direction to allow for such adjustment as well as horizontally to compensate for expansion for contraction.

I claim as my invention:

l. A wall radiator bracket having means for securing it to a wall, a stirrup having a bearing in the lower portion of said bracket and provided with a seat for the lower portion of the radiator and free to oscillate in a vertical plane, means connecting the upper portion of the radiator with the corresponding portion of said bracket, said means having freedom of movement horizontally in its bearing on said bracket, the horizontal movement of said means and said stirrup compensating for expansion or contraction of the radiator.

2. A means for supportinga wall radiator comprising a bracket, a stirrup provided with a bearing in the lower portion of said bracket and having a seat for the radiator, said stirrup having freedom of oscillation in a vertical plane.

3. The combination, with a wall radiator bracket having a slot therein, of a stirrup having a T-head tting within said slot and provided with a seat for a radiator, said stirrup being free to'` oscillate in a vertical plane on said head.

4c. The combination, with a wall radiator bracket having a vertical slot therein, of a stirrup having a head tting within said slot to rock and slide therein, a block slidable in said slot and forming a seat for said head, and means for adjusting said block to raise or lower said stirrup.

5. The combination, with a wall radiator bracket provided with a recess in its rear face and longitudinal slot in the bottom of said recess, of a stirrup having a head fitting within said slot and recess and slidable therein, a block fitting within said recess and engaging said head, and an ad-Y to adjust itself and compensate for eXpansion or contraction of the radiator.

7. The combination, with a wail radiator bracket having a web at the upper end thereof and projecting vertically and offset forwardly out of the plane of the bracket, of a plate having means for securing it to the upper portion of the radiator and provided with a longitudinal slotv to receive said web, said plate being free to slide vertically on said web for Vvertical expansion of the radiator. Y

8. The combination, with a wall radiator bracket having a web at the upper end thereof and offset forwardly out of the plane of the bracket, of a plate having means for securing it to a radiator, and provided with a longitudinal slot to receive said web, said plate being free to slide vertically and horizontally on said web to compensate for vertical and horizontal expansion and contraction of the radiator.

9. The combination, with a wall radiator bracket, of a stirrup having a rearwardly projecting head seated in said bracket, said head forming a pivot for oscillation of said stirrup in a vertical plane.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day ofFebr-uary, 1918.

- ALFRED W. COGHRANE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive` senta each, by addressing lthe Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. G. 

